So after a day or two of just way too much sleeping....I thought Sandy Jo might not be getting enough nutrition. We happended into Piglet's Pantry where after trying on a few harnesses and giving up since she totally does NOT need one, we happened upon the subject of nutrition.
She explained all the options and introduced me to "raw" food for animals. Gave me a few samples and off I go.
They come frozen in little squares, you defrost them and give them to the animal.
Sandy Jo went CRAZY for it and in two seconds flat has become a new puppy.
Full on, regular puppy.
As the runt, I don't think she was getting enough nutrition with the competition of her much bigger siblings and Mom wouldn't tolerate them nursing much anymore. She didn't care for her kibble that much regardless of the fact that I soaked it in warm water.
So when she got ahold of this human grade raw food, she really got so excited.
So I think in one fail swoop, she chose her new dog food, the highest and best quality nutrition you can get for a dog. Now, I can only afford this food because she only eats one little morsel twice a day. lol If she were a German Sheperd, forget it. Purina Dog Chow for her. But she is not and so it easy to allow this small luxury for her. The free sample alone that they gave me should last for a month or two!
Plus we will mix with new high quality kibble as well so we are really happy to have said puppy eating, doing other normal puppy things and playing, playing, playing! It was amazing to watch the transormation.
Pottying is going well. Yorkie's I guess have a stubborness from what people have said about potty training, but perhaps the mix of Maltese, Yorkie and a little Shitzu mixed in gave us a better head start.
She sleeps with us and when she awakes at night (about 2X) I just set her on the floor and she runs over to her paper and goes potty and then runs back to the bed and I pick her back up and back to sleep we go. She sleeps to 4:30 which is an hour past me so I have been staying in bed with her and dozing for that last hour too. Today we did not get up until 5:30! Sacre bleu!
So far? Puppy success. Can't wait to get her to the vet to get all the low down on the do's and don't and when's and what's and why's.
I'll post a vidoe of her playing later today.
Thanks for all the well wishes!
1 comment:
she sounds wonderful!! Glad you found something she likes to eat!! Puppies take a few days to adjust, so do big dogs! I have been deceived that my dog is so calm only to find out, nope..he's adjusting! LOL!!..
MY Theodore is 5 pounds full grown..and eats such a small amount! So I can relate to what you said about getting her better food! ALSO Pet pantry MIGHT have told you..but tiny dogs (not sure how much she weighs) can be prone to hyperglycemia, so the vet and or pet store might give you this 'paste' that is calorie full for her! The vet will tell you...again, she may not be so small as to need it! Theodore was less then 2 lbs when he came home. I can't WAIT to see her! I bet she is cuddled to death in your wonderful home!!!!!
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